Hi

I have decided to get the procedure done - just have to save up for it. I live in uk and want to go to Brussels as it seems cheapest and safest there. Anyone know of the above?

Thanks

Would it be really bad if I considered incorperating a sprinkling of Reductil into my food??

My hubby said no bloody way am I to start doing that, so I wondered what you folks thought? I have a box of 30 left over still.

Hi guys

Im really fed up didn't want to have to drive there but looks like no choice now anyway booked ferry to ostend didn't want to leave it any longer incase everything was booked up, hubbys driving so thats better just gonna be a long journey yeah had booked package but never mind, tried eurostar and was gonna cost me 618.00 for the two of us cant afford that much after cost of op etc so ferry it is, just hope this is the last of my bad luck and op goes well i'll let u all know how it goes xxx

hi julie,

you poor pet, this is the last thing you need. at least you have another plan in action and your hubby going with you. will be thinking of you and sending out the good vibes to you. am due to fly out tuesday week but at this stage who knows.

take care and let us know how you get on

geri

Julie, I just checked, it's an hour and 10 mins - Ostende to Vilvoorde. Dead quick, hubby hasnt anything to moan at there becuase it isnt a long journey x

edit/dont fo0rget to let your car insurance people know you are going out of the UK, they will just post you the EU insurance docs, there shouldnt be a charge or anything.

Also by law you must have certain things in your car; ie a fire extinguisher etc - cars do regularly get checked so be aware hun.

Jasmine - On an industrial estate yes, but bugger all to do - WRONG!! You were right on top of the town centre. Come out of the hotel, turn left and go under the railway bridge and you were there. 5 minutes max. There were loads of lovely shops, bars, restaurants - loads of stuff to see and do. I came back with Swarovski earrings lol. Vilvoorde is actually rather nice if you go out of the hotel to look around.

Well I'm 16 days post op and it's pants right now. I can eat pretty much anything I want including brown rice, brown bread- fresh and toasted. Pasta is fine also.

I've lost 9 lbs, which was in the first week and nothing since.

On the up side I have no probs with reflux or with sleeping on my port side. Sneezing hurts and I still feel the pain when my stomach muscles tighten (ie having a poo) - come on, we all do it haha!

My hubby bought a new blender and spent a day in the kitchen making me yummy things to eat/swallow and I havent needed them, I also bought baby food just in case I needed that. But I can tolerate a proper dinner - about 250g worth.

Oh I'm less freezing cold than I was a week ago but still a tad Baltic on occasions.

I burp like it's going out of fashion though and I feel hunger than never before. I feel physically in pain when I'm hungry, which seems to be every 2-4 hours. I must eat asap or I just can't cope - and my tummy growls like a bitch!

So a bit mixed right now, I can't wait for a 1st fill in 3 weeks. I could eat a giant steak at the moment.

hi weightogo,

god am not sure how i feel reading your post, very honest but knid of unexpected. do you feel you would be ready for your fill now?instead of having to wait another three weeks. you seem to have healed well so would your body be ready?when i went for a consult with another surgeon he does the first fill after ten days with all his clients. i do think we wait too long for the fills and that can be a bummer. what are other bandsters opinons on this?

geri:thumbup:

ps keep the faith you are doing really well

hi weightogo,

god am not sure how i feel reading your post, very honest but knid of unexpected. do you feel you would be ready for your fill now?instead of having to wait another three weeks. you seem to have healed well so would your body be ready?when i went for a consult with another surgeon he does the first fill after ten days with all his clients. i do think we wait too long for the fills and that can be a bummer. what are other bandsters opinons on this?

geri:thumbup:

ps keep the faith you are doing really well

Blimey what did I do wrong? Did I upset you or something?

I think I would probably get a fill now if I was allowed one, but I doubt they would. I think I have healed well, and a lot quicker than I thought I would. I think quitting smoking helped a lot too.

Hi WTG

I am now 5 weeks post op and have lost a stone - lost in first 2 weeks and not lost a single pound since but on the positive side I have not gained any either

Everyone I have talked to has said this is perfectly normal and that as my body is wondering what the hell is going on with the food reduction it is in starve mode - holding onto everything just in case it not gonna get anymore

I have bought myself an exercise bike to gonna try and do 30 mins every day and try and give the weight loss a kick

Like you I can pretty much eat anything I want - I have had one really bad blockage - in a meetin at work and was eating a piece of toast and it got stuck - oh my god I never want to experience that ever again - thought I was dying

I am trying to limit my calorie intake but it has been really difficult this last week but gonna keep going

Getting my first fill on Thursday - flights permitting - and hopefully that will be Step 2 on the journey to the new Skinny me - I am going to book my Wedding this week so will give me a goal to aim for

Hope you are well and don't worry about the slow start I think it is perfectly normal and appears to happen to everyone

Kerry xx

hi kerry,

i am from ireland too and have my procduere booked for tuesday week. well done on your weight loss but its a bummer its slowed. can i ask where you have decided to get your fills done and do you have to wait five weeks for your first fill or was that your choice as maybe your body dosent feel ready for it yet?its a disaster with the flights been cancelled i hope its sorted before i have to head off

take care

geri:mellow:

Blimey what did I do wrong? Did I upset you or something?

I think I would probably get a fill now if I was allowed one, but I doubt they would. I think I have healed well, and a lot quicker than I thought I would. I think quitting smoking helped a lot too.

no you didnt upset me.its just when the weight loss comes to such a sudden stop that freaks me out!!!!!!!!!!why wouldnt you be allowed a fill if you feel ready for it?congrats on quitting smoking how long now are you off them?thats still another mountain i have to climb

geri

Julie, I just checked, it's an hour and 10 mins - Ostende to Vilvoorde. Dead quick, hubby hasnt anything to moan at there becuase it isnt a long journey x

edit/dont fo0rget to let your car insurance people know you are going out of the UK, they will just post you the EU insurance docs, there shouldnt be a charge or anything.

Also by law you must have certain things in your car; ie a fire extinguisher etc - cars do regularly get checked so be aware hun.

Hi weightogo

Yeah we eventualy managed to get a map luckily we had an extinguisher triangle and vis jacket we were running round like headless chickens yest trying to get everything together lol and hubbys ok about the drive as long as he remembers to stay on the right side of the road haha, just gotta get the light converter things now on the way to ramsgate gonna be a long journey, and fed up now of everyone saying u shouldnt go its probably an omen that ur flights been cancelled bloody eejits as if im not jittery enough lol, oh well im scared excited apprehensive all at the same time, but reading all ur posts forwarns me of what to expect only lost 8 pounds on pre op diet was a bit naughty tho, may post again tonight before op tomorrow if i get chance, as for feryy was only 100.00 return euro were quoteing me 618.00 not so good lol but never mind drive seems quite straight forward,

Julie xx

What a bummer with the flights all being cancelled for you girlys going to Belgium.

I hope you all get there without too much stress.

Shoes you are a star, such a lot of weight!!!!

I've lost 6.6lbs since 8th April, I'm pretty pleased about that.

Hi Freckles, thats a great loss you've done really well is your restriction still very tight,i had a fill last week with Wendy she measured what i had in after the de fill i only had 5mils she put in half a mil so up to 5.5 now have some restriction think i need another half a mil to bring me up to 6 i had 6.5mil and it was to tight so i think 6 is just right for me going on hols in May so going to wait till i come back dont want to experience being to tight again, how much Freckles have you in now:scared2:

Hi Julie your probably on your way by now the very best of luck safe journey and to anyone else traveling i feel so sorry for you all that messing with travel arrangements the best of luck :confused::smile2:

Hi Shoes, you sound just like me. When I had the de-fill I had 6.5 mls in and it was a nightmare, but the weight did come off pretty fast.

Freddy started with a couple of mls and got me back up to 6.25 in 2 visits.

I went on 8th and Chris put in another .25 now I am back to where I started when it was very tight.

It varies from day to day, like last night I was doing that horrible cough that wakes you up and you have to get rid of it.

Was up with the birds at 5:30 am being sick, then slept till 11.

I can put up with it cos I know its only for a couple of months. Not too sensible on my part but i just want it over with if you understand.

It doesnt feel as tight as it did last time I had 6.5mls in...strange isnt it.

Good luck to all the girlies going soon, you wont ever look back.

I often see big people around and feel like suggesting a band to them, but of course you cant do that, I would have hated it if some stranger had done that to me.

Would have found it pretty insulting but I just feel so sad for them.

Edited April 19, 201016 yr by Freckles

Hi Shoes, you sound just like me. When I had the de-fill I had 6.5 mls in and it was a nightmare, but the weight did come off pretty fast.

Freddy started with a couple of mls and got me back up to 6.25 in 2 visits.

I went on 8th and Chris put in another .25 now I am back to where I started when it was very tight.

It varies from day to day, like last night I was doing that horrible cough that wakes you up and you have to get rid of it.

Was up with the birds at 5:30 am being sick, then slept till 11.

I can put up with it cos I know its only for a couple of months. Not too sensible on my part but i just want it over with if you understand.

It doesnt feel as tight as it did last time I had 6.5mls in...strange isnt it.

Good luck to all the girlies going soon, you wont ever look back.

I often see big people around and feel like suggesting a band to them, but of course you cant do that, I would have hated it if some stranger had done that to me.

Would have found it pretty insulting but I just feel so sad for them.

I Know where your coming from freckles you do notice peep's more would you not get a little taking out read some where if you keep getting sick you can damage esophagus and they wont give you anymore fills sorry dont mean to scare you:wub:

As you know I got banded just over 2 weeks ago, but I've also had PCOS for about 10 years, so fertility has been zilch.

I know that I am a couple or so weeks late with my period so decided to do a test today.

I did 2, and they are both positive. God knows how this could have happened (apart from the obvious lol) because I can't get pregnant.

I must have already been pregnant when I had my band, this has worried me somewhat after having a GA and x rays etc

I'm in a long term loving relationship but I know he doesnt want children of his own, he gets on great with my 12 yr old and his 3 neices/nephews he adores and vice versa.

He's not happy, he's quite upset at the moment. wtf do I do?

Yes I realise that Shoes, if it becomes a regular thing, (the vomiting) then I will probably get some taken out. atm its only been last night, and its my own fault for taking my meds too late.

I'm sposed to take them just before I go to sleep, think I'm gonna have to change that to mornings now.

Thank you for caring anyway xxx.

Its very tight today, I had 3 crackerbreads for breakfast, after my coffee. Was a struggle.

Then just now I tried a very small bowl of homemade liquidised pea and ham soup and I only managed 1 desertspoonful.

I dont feel hungry just tried it cos it was lunchtime ...its hard habit to get out of.

Oh Weightogo, you poor thing, what an awful situation for you.

I dont even know what to say to you except, do you want this little baby?

if you do, you're gonna have to change your partners mind, sorry I cant be more positive, I feel so sorry for you.

Edited April 19, 201016 yr by Freckles

Hi Shoes,

I don't know. We've always said we werent arsed about having our own baby, we're both in our late 30's! I once said I liked the idea of it but essentially that I wouldnt want to go through a preganacy. Bugger that.

I feel that I don't want to have an abortion, I know that my partner would chose this option if it were up to him. But I dont think I do.

So that leaves me thinking, do I want this baby? Half of me says yes, it's happend for a reason and the other half of me still doesnt believe it despite 2 +ve tests, I'm half convinced I have a dodgy batch.

I just keep sitting here bawling. My boy will be home from school in 10minutes so I need to get it together before he comes home, my man isnt home till late evening. But knowing what an emotional bloke he is, he wont get sod all done at work anyway.

Im terrifed right now. I really am.